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Welcome to a new season of the Alila Manggis Cooking School. The 2004 Cuisine & Culture Experience promise an exciting and insightful look into the Balinese culture. Guest have the opportunity to experience the true essence of the Balinese lifestyle up close and personal through excursions into the heartland of Bali, learing about how to make traditional handicrafts and wearing typical Balinese attire and, of course, by hands on cooking classes conducted by Alila Manggis's team of chefs.

Half Day Program
We start the day with an early morning breakfast in the lobby at 7 am. Lead by Alila Manggis chefs, visit the morning market at Klungkung and experience the amazing sights, sounds and aromas of one the busiest village markets in East Bali. You will have the oppotunity to interact with Balinese sellers and purchase some of the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later. We return to the hotel to prepare some of Bali's most well known local dishes that will inspire and tantalize the taste buds. Learn how to use the ubiquitous Ulekan (traditional Balinese mortal and pestle) to make the embodiment of the Balinese cuisine, the chili sambal (spicy chili paste), bumbu Bali (Balinese curry paste), and bumbu sate (peanut sauce). The chefs will guide you on how to use the work to prepare nasi goreng (fried rice) Balinese style, roles papes ikan (grilled fish in banana leaf) and ayam satay (grilled chickec skewers). Then savour the morning's handiwork over a leisurely lunch in The Restaurant. The evening is at your leisure.

Half Day Program Prices
Half Day program prices will be combined with accommodation at Alila Manggis. For more informations about this package please click here !

Two Days Program
Day One
We start the day with an early morning breakfast in the lobby at 7 am. Lead by Alila Manggis chefs, visit the morning market at Klungkung and experience the amazing sights, sounds and aromas of one the busiest village markets in East Bali. You will have the oppotunity to interact with Balinese sellers and purchase some of the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later. We return to the hotel to prepare some of Bali's most well known local dishes that will inspire and tantalize the taste buds. Become skilled at using the ubiquitous Ulekan (traditional Balinese mortar and pastle) to make the embodiment of the Balinese cuisine, the chili sambal (spicy chilli pate). The chefs will then guide to you on how to use the work to prepare nasi goreng (fried rice). To round off the lesson, learn how to make simple but flavorful Balinese desserts that will complement a typical local meal. Then, savour the morning's handiwork over a leisurel lunch in The Restaurant. In the afternoon we take you to Tengan a pre-Hindu Bali Village to visit the original basket weaving and double ikat fabric designers. Famous for their baskets and intricate woven products, you will meet the Chief of the Village who will (through your personal guide and translator) describe the culture and religion of this unique village, kept relatively unspoilt in ancient traditions behind closed walls. The evening is at your leisure.

Day Two
Breakfast is at leisure. At 9 am, we take you up into the hills of Putung to experience the natural beauty of east Bali. Alila Manggis Bale (Balinese-style pavilion) and organic garden perched high on Putung is your destination for the morning lesson. Our chefs will show you the preparation of satay (marinated meat skewers) as well learn how to prepare a BBQ, Balinese style. Using coconut husk (which gives the dishes a unique flavor), the chefs will barbaque meat and seafood for your lunch.
After lunch, take a stroll in the verdant the rice fields and salak (snackfruit) plantations before returing to the hotel. Learn the correct way to tie a sarong, the different types of ceremonial dress and the right way to wear them. Enjoy the rest of the day by the pool or indulge in rejuvenating treatment at Mandara Spa. For dinner, we invite you to Alila Manggis "sarong evening". Wearing your traditional Balinese dress, enjoy a sumptuous feast consisting of many local dishes as well as the walk known 'babi guling' (spit roasted suckling pig) prepared in the special Alila way. With gentle sea breezes blowing throught the coconut trees and the languid waves lapping at the shore we conclude Alila Manggis Culture and Cuisine Experience serving your dinner in true east Balinese style and hospitallity.

Two Days Program Prices
Two Days Program prices will be combined with accommodation at Alila Manggis. For more informations about this package please click here !

Buitan, Manggis
Karangasem 80871, Bali - Indonesia